While streaming is a popular way of measuring an album’s success, many people still use physical albums to gauge the strength of an artist’s fandom. High album sales are a source of pride, while lower sales can sometimes cause alarm.
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Recently, a fourth-generation girl group had lower-than-expected album sales.
In 2022, the girl group ILY:1 debuted under FC ENM, featuring several contestants from Girls Planet 999.
The group’s last mini-album was released over a year ago, and they have steadily gained fans throughout their other releases.
On August 20, KST, the group released their newest mini album, Illang: Firework, featuring the title track “Illang (Firework).”
Usually, the first day of album sales can be a good marker of what to expect from the group’s sales. However, as of writing, Illang: Firework, has only sold ten albums as recorded on Hanteo Chart.
This total have confused fans, who would not have anticipated sales this low, after their last album sold just under 4,500 on its first day. Some fans have taken this as a chance to promote the group, while others have offered possible explanations for the low amount, like sales not being counted yet.
211 likes? if every single one bought an album we would have 200+ sales already I WANT TO CRY https://t.co/drumu9cZja
— eme (@kep1erinity) August 20, 2024
can you guys pls support ily:1 i beg. they have some of the best music out there and deserve to leave nugudom https://t.co/Ts7ZNVCZTw
— matt ☽ (@mattycassese) August 20, 2024
Preorders aren’t factored in yet! And most people that would buy the album on the first day probably already preordered https://t.co/OkpUytvENR
— illang:Sarah ? (@love1nbloom) August 20, 2024
Thankfully, many fans have stated that they preordered the album, while others seeing the news of their first day of sales have decided to check the group out and buy albums.
i was debating on wether to buy anyway? https://t.co/yy1AyQkJZ8 pic.twitter.com/ydjTWHFVzf
— glamrock neo ✧ (@hiyyeonie) August 20, 2024
It’s not counting pre-order yet! (I know bc I bought 72 for my group order)
— illang:Sarah ? (@love1nbloom) August 20, 2024
had to go run and buy a copy cause what the fuck https://t.co/xoR2Gli1ut
— ✧jojo✧ EVERGLOW ZOMBIE 6/10 (@wondafulday) August 20, 2024
Hopefully, ILY:1’s sales will see a huge boost and this will earn them many more new fans!
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